Drying basket for silverware



Jan. 19, 1954 J. HORNE, JR 2,666,549

DRYING BASKET FOR SILVERWARE Filed Dec. 27, 1949 Fig. 4.

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WW 3M Patented Jan. 19, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I :James Q. Home, Jr., Winsted, Conn.

Application December 27, 1949, Serial No. 135,168

3 Claims. (Cl. 220-19) This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in baskets for drying silverware, and the principal object of the invention is to provide an article of this nature wherein knives, spoons, forks, etc. may be deposited after washing and permitted to drain and efficiently dry by cross currents of air passing through the basket.

This object is achieved by the provision of a receptacle having foraminous walls and a perforate bottom, together with what may be referred to as' a grid positioned in the receptacle above the bottom thereof for supporting silverware in a substantially upright position.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction, in its efficient operation and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the invention;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the perforate bottom of the'receptacle used in the invention; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the article supporting grid.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a basket for drying silverware, said basket being designated generally by the reference character l0 and embodying in its construction a substantially cylindrical receptacle I2 having a foraminous side wall 14 provided at its upper and lower ends with annular reinforcements l6, substantially as shown.

The receptacle I2 is also equipped with a bottom 1.8, which is of a dished or convexo-concave configuration, being secured in the receptacle l2 in any, suitable manner and being disposed in a planeisubstantially above the lower edge of the i recepta 'gle side wall It, as is clearly shown in--" Figuref 2. It is to be noted that the bottom i8 is provided with a set of drain apertures l9.

A silverware supporting grid 2, 1S PQfiifioned in the receptacle l2 above the bottom l8, said grid consisting of an annular member 22 and a plurality of arcuate and transversely extending ribs 24 which are secured to the member 22, the member 22 being removably seated on the marginal edge 26 of the bottom I8 while the ribs 24 extend somewhat into the dished bottom.

When the invention is placed in use, silverware indicated at 28, 30 may be inserted in the receptacle I2 with the handles thereof directed upwardly, lower ends of the knives, forks, etc., resting on the foraminous bottom [8 while the cross members or ribs 24 of the grid 20 assist to maintain the silverware in a substantially upright position, as shown.

The apertures I9 will, of course, facilitate drainage of water from the silverware, while the foraminous wall ll of the receptacle will permit cross currents of air to efiiciently dry its contents. It is to be also noted that the ribs 24 of the grid 20 will effectively space apart the lower ends of the knives, spoons, etc., so that water may readily drain therefrom.

Needless to say, the grid 20 may be easily removed to facilitate cleaning of the bottom 18 when desired.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be readily apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, claimed as new is:

l. A basket for drying silverware comprising a foraminous receptacle including side walls and a concavo-convex bottom with the concaved side uppermost to maintain the silverware in an upstanding position within the receptacle and to prevent slipping of the silverware therearound, the side walls of the receptacle projecting below the peripheral edges of the bottom and terminating in a plane below the central portion of the bottom, and a grid removably disposed in the what is receptacle and resting on thejbottom, said grid being of concavo-convex cifi fi'guration and being disposed in the same mannenas the bottom to further maintain silverware? in position within the receptacle.

2. A basket for drying silverware comprising a receptacle including side walls and a bottom wall secured to the side walls and spaced above the lower edges of the latter, said bottom wall having a plurality of drain apertures therethrough, a grid removably received in the receptacle and resting upon the bottom wall, said bottom wall and the grid both being of concave-convex configuration and having their concaved sides uppermost to maintain the silverware in an upstanding position within the receptacle and to prevent slipping of the silverware therearound,

and said side walls having openings therethrough both above and below the juncture ofthe side walls with the bottom wall.

3. The combination of claim'2, wherein the .4 bottom wall and the grid are centrally spaced and are in contact adjacent their peripheries.

- JAMES Q. HORNE, JR.

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